Ayeka said:
Funny how everyone became a human rights protester when the fuss started over Iraq. Funnily how people who never gave a second thought about ragheads were suddenly so concerned for their freedom
never underestimate the power of TV I guess...
I said it last year and I'll say it again. If we're all so suddenly concerned about dictators and human rights, when's the invasion of Zimbabwe coming?
It is sooooooo hard to have sit through so many downright confrontational leftist points of view over and over and over again. I usually try not to get too directly involved in a political debate around here because I'm (apparently) in the complete minority on the board when it comes to my more conservative beliefs. I mean, come on, is everyone basically saying that there isn't ONE redeeming or positive quality to ANYTHING Bush has done? How positive is it to do nothing but SLAM, SLAM, SLAM, SLAM???? One example, gee, unemployment is at it's lowest level in years, but the spinners refuse to take things like that into consideration. "Bush sucks, Bush is a terrorist, it doesn't matter who we have in the presidency as long as it's not that Bush guy!!!!" You still have the freedom to voice your thoughts and opinions, and voice them you do. You still have the freedom to eat, think, dress, love, work, travel, spend, worship any way you freaking want! If you suddenly lived without freedom and in constant fear, you would so quickly realize what a human right it is to have that freedom, and how precious a gift it is to be able to choose the directions of your own lives.
I mean, seriously, much of the criticism of the administration is warranted, and I do agree that more could be done about domestic issues, but there's so much more criticism that is simply thrown out there just to be critical of Bush and the Rebuplican administration without taking an ounce of practicality into consideration.
If you don't think that Saddam Hussein was a threat to anyone but the Iraqi people, then you really are blind. The world changed after 9/11 like it or not. The U.S. administration decided it was in the best interest of the country take a pre-emptive role in combating those governments (so far Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya) that are not just dictatorships, but that harbor and support terroist cells and are supportive of those that are a true threat to the innocent people of the free world.
It's amazing how the same people that are blaming the Bush administration for not preventing 9/11, are the same ones that are blaming the Bush administration for being too pro-active in trying to prevent further major terrorist strikes.
I happen to agree with alot of the criticism about the President's handling of the North Korea situation, but reconstructing the gov't of Iraq is a major, major undertaking, but yes, I do fear the capabilities of some of the other dangerous factions that exist out there. I also know that our education system is a joke and a half, our health care costs suck, and so on and so on and so on. See?, I can be reasonable, I know that there is no infallibility in the current administration. I was not a Clinton supporter by any means, but that doesn't mean he did a horrible job with what he was given to work with. He was a phenominal orator, certainly far superior to Bush, and yes, that does have a very significant impact on the psyche of the American people. His presence was calming and reassuring and I admired that about him.
My bottom line in all this is that I am soooooooo sick of the constant bickering, the blame games, the bashing, the negativity and all the other B.S. that comes from the sorely split two-party system. I know we are capable of so much more, if we could just all work together and reason with each other. Unfortunately, unless you are a Republican or a Democrat in today's U.S. world, you will have no chance of becoming the leader of the nation. But I do truly wish there was someone in office who could compromise the majority of the belief systems that continue to divide us all.
I truly believe the two party political system is destroying us, and the gap is growing wider with each and every passing year. There has to be a way to not look at who's in office as the enemy, there just HAS to be.
